Why Sikhs pay 4x more income tax than Jains
There has been a common mis-information circling around the internet among Jains and Sikhs that both pay 24 pc income tax each in India. In this blog, we will analyze the actual economic numbers. As per national wealth index, Jains and Sikhs are the richest religious communities in India: https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR375/FR375.pdf https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/nfhs-data-says-chandigarh-has-highest-number-of-rich-people-in-india-find-out-where-your-state-stands-7914161/ As per economic survey, 80% Jains belonged to richest quartile on wealth scale. Second richest religious community was Sikhs which had 60% belonging to richest quartile on wealth scale. However, not all Sikhs belong to General Category. Only 40% Sikhs are in general category (Jat Sikhs), rest 60% are Ramgaria Sikhs (OBCs) and Ravidasia Sikhs (SCs). Whereas or Jains, the number is 97% belonging to General Category. In absolute numbers, there are 44 lakh Jains in India and 2.5 crore Sik...